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                                  9336--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 13, 2024
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on New York City Education --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing the president
   of  the  citywide  council  on  high  schools  to  participate  in the
   selection of the members of the board  of  education  elected  by  the
   community district education council presidents
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a)  of  subdivi-
 sion  1 of section 2590-b of the education law, as added by section 1 of
 part ZZ of chapter 56 of the  laws  of  2024,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   (D)  Commencing on July first, two thousand [twenty-four] TWENTY-FIVE,
 the board of education shall consist of twenty-four voting members:  one
 member  to  be  appointed  by  each borough president of the city of New
 York; five members, one from each borough of the city of New York, to be
 elected by community district education council presidents AND THE PRES-
 IDENT OF THE CITYWIDE COUNCIL ON HIGH SCHOOLS;  one  independent  member
 who  shall  serve  as  chair  of  the board and who shall be selected as
 established in  subparagraph  three  of  this  paragraph;  and  thirteen
 members  to  be  appointed  by  the  mayor  of the city of New York. The
 initial term of the chair selected pursuant  to  subparagraph  three  of
 this paragraph shall commence on September fifteenth, two thousand twen-
 ty-four and shall end on September fourteenth, two thousand twenty-five;
 thereafter  the  chair  shall  serve  for  a one-year term commencing on
 September fifteenth. The chancellor shall continue  regulations  promul-
 gated  under  clause (C) of this subparagraph establishing a process for
 community district education council presidents to elect members of  the
 board,  and processes for removal of such members and for the filling of
 such positions in the event of a vacancy. Appointed members and  members
 elected  by  community district education council presidents pursuant to
 clause (C) of this subparagraph and commencing a term on July first, two
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 thousand twenty-four shall serve a term that ends on June thirtieth, two
 thousand twenty-five.   Thereafter, appointed members  and  the  members
 elected  by  community district education council presidents shall serve
 for a one-year term commencing on July first.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on July 1, 2025; provided, however,
 that the amendments to clause (D) of subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a)  of
 subdivision 1 of section 2590-b of the education law made by section one
 of  this  act  shall not affect the expiration or repeal of such section
 and subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.